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Classification ........Callistethus Blanchard, 1850


Callistethus cupricollis (Chevrolat).
Photo by Mary Liz Jameson.
Distribution of Callistethus species.

Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Anomalini
 
Rutelinae Tribes 

Anomalini
Anoplognathini
Geniatini
Rutelini
Spodochlamyiini

 

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Distribution: Central United States to Bolivia.

 

Revision or Synopsis: not available.

 

Composition: 57 species.

 

Remarks: this genus probably is paraphyletic (some species that are currently placed in Callistethus are more appropriately placed in Anomala) but phylogenetic studies need to be done to address this hypothesis.

   
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